New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
stub counerfo the face of tho ballot must be in the
following form. Wiz
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Tho form ON the back OF tho ballot be III the following
No.
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Siois and ali Unused ballots stamp shall be filed in
the manner and at the same time as the poll 't OF reg
istry list is required TO DO tiled -. =, ,t.,o, ,,,,
Each polling place mR 'e be soe1ops ea mark
their from observation as The chairman OF s
provided zoo Each com IN
poeq 10 marx their be Fsp sops w VIII"
Before ballot is delivered to an elecer the number
list secaed and mark marks must be placed
ballots aud the ballot or ballots be stamped by
.s T9 Gaa
be changed each and kept secret By ne oncers @
ssctcn when il must be delivered respective chair
r %" elecor upon seSy"s ballot. mus:
Place and there marx his ballot or ballots ~ M oa me
no., T.S 10 1ds 4. must them fold
the content. aud d,yor so foGSd 70 sns OF
therepon be deposited in tho balsbox in the manner now
1.-THE ecctcr inadvertently spells ballot he can return
10 The chairman Of the BOARD Of Inspector who must
II eectOr Il, ncapacitaed BY bllnlness or other
inform the chairman OF the Boari OF inspectors Of the TACT
aud thereupon chairman with the cector into tho
and out tho names as directed by the
electSr ,.,,o,,,..or. a, -. mailbag r,aos
deposit In the ballotbo1 other paper than The one
Sen S ss OeeP def agent. in attendance
station mas MAINTAIN or AMI n aSt '
except for authorized by law before the
the o. votes or the registry list c. Of any s se; ,a
tom or as to Re oaa stamp and no Officer clerk
other person Whatsoever SHALL Interfere with or attempt to
oiserwss attempt obtain the polling station inlor.
has voted to the number on the
back OF the bao, given sny voter az sSeh nnv ~ ~
votes maintain and aid in maintaining th. secrecy OF
Ing The number on tho back Of any ballot paper or a.
candidate Tor whom vote !. given in any Pareuar
sa Sd.E G @ ballot s after m "a tho
as to make known to any the name not OF n ss
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XTA acts and parts Of acts heretofore passed 80 ar
the Inconsistent with the provisions Oh ths ac
are hereby repealed.
After reading the bill the reporter asked:
VIII this hill entirely abolish city priiiariesi"
Mr.. Rlce.-What the bill would certainly do wouln
be to give any stated number of citizens the legal
power the nomination OF an honest and COM
retent candidate In their district ward withou: en-
counterng the noisy peIs OF the primaries lt VIII
utterly destroy the usefulness to corrupt aspiTants
for Office OF rouyhs" and I" beelers," who now too
often lawlessy control tho primaries by caballng and
terrorism II you want illustration OF the trckery
by which primaries are controlled, read the testimony
before the committee appointed to investigate the last
primary election in the XVIII Assembly District
Enough deau men were prOEcn-Iot w "h'o ''tS' w
course but to have been voted or-ou that occasion
TO elect the minority ticket.
Reporter.-But would not the expense OF paying TOR
the NewYorl city elections be heavy burden on
the city
Mr. Ricc.-At a rough guess | should say that
500 600 TO $4,000 would cover the entire
penses But until you take money out of Iolitics-as
il already done in other countrits-the power OF
Halls" and combines" will remain mistaken. DO
oauae-nOte this fact-thc existing law provides no
vfatnn .
taciily assumes the existence oil Independent organ
z,ipns Tor that pufpos and thereby proorgs their
existence The fact that the old Halls have been held
together from year TO year by the cohesive power oil
public plumber gives them decided advantage over
any new organization, which must necessarily DO
chiefly or largely composed OF vOlunteers-inexperi-
enccd even when bonest-and rarely able To compete
with old veterans who know every man III their as
tricts aud every trick of political kna'ery and are
untramme.led by s"rupes OF honesty But, to create
any new organization is n most expensive undertook
ing and yet election can bo held without such
BODY OF worker aud watchers In the interest OF the
purity OF elections therefore, the legitimate expenses
OF canvass should be betrayed from the pnblic treas
ury; in no other way will the verdict of the public
ever be accurately and honestly recorded.
Reporter. Your bill. see, provide for new form
OF ballots. Why is this change des'red go
Mr. Rce-rhis method Incorporated In the bill IA
not mine nor u IL untried IL was hrst intro
duced in Australia aud from there was adopted by
the Canadian provinces and III the british Islands.
The plan is to have the names OF all the candidates Tor
an Office printed at pablo party or lndviduai ex-
the ballot and for the voter to indicate
his choice by placed opposite the name OF the
candidate he prefers. by OF tae rejected
candidates This method iusures genuine secrecy of
voting and it takes away the temptation tor broins
voters.
Reporter How
Mr. Rce-Beoause no man and machine will
brbo voters as remarked before, when they have no
guarantees that the purchased vote will be delivered
| am told that in Navada IL law Intended solely TO
avoid personal difficulties" near the ballot box, pro
vding that one not actually intending at tho
moment cast "a vote shall be permitted TO approach
nearer than fifty feet from the ballot box One result
of this Law was most une xpected The authors OF the
bill discovered Il trust not TO their disgust-that they
had practically abolished bribery by this single pro-
viso Ii found that no politician would spend
dollar in bribng voters after that law went INFO
operation, because he unable to have ocular
demonstration of the good fsitb of the person whom
he mgh otherwise have been willing TO brlbe Now,
genuine secrecy-such this bill provides fOr-would
be a death blow corruption on the part OF local
political managers. They would not buy goods that
they could not delivered Secrecy OF ballotng is
essential to purity of, election. for it alone efcctuay
prev ents frauds. bribery and terror1Gn.
Reportcr.-Then in your opinion our present system
of voting Is not u secret one
Mr. Rice Nominaliy, yes practically, no. J can
give you better instance OF this than the advcc
rendered me by New lork Cuy puhtcian VINO
glOrios in tho fact that he is practical polltlcan,
to how | could overcoms a majority oil dlnerent
polite, in my district. assured again and again
and with much earnestness that 1t could easily be
done az a cost of So q vote awe hire Democrats by
the day." he said, " as workers tor us-men who can
be Influenced. We pay them 20 day Tor iheir work
In advance The first thing do with tbem Is TO see
that they 20 up to the box and for after
that we seldom look after them any more; they
usually turn in tho polite station next mornlnI!
Reporter. your plan would make such bribery
impo.siblei
Mr Riee.-Yes. absolutely; for repeat. without the
power of knowing how such votes were cast, such
corrupt bargains these would bs mpossible for it
is literally true that NJ practical" poitci TN would
trust the men whom he influence" in this way
any further than he could see them.
Reporter-Haye you spoken with any OtLcr public
men about your proposed bill
Mr.. Rice.-Yes. and as regard it as in no sense a
par :issn measure but wholly the interest Of the
public good. have spoken with leading representa-
tves of the Republican and Democratic parties. Some
OF the eminent Democrats in this city as well as
Republicans favor such a measure, and Mr.. George
also expresses himse. keenly IN tavor OF IT, Hon
est and wel-niOrmcd Leaders OF all parues know the
need of such action and aD prove OF Its principle
and purpose .
Reporter Would you apply your bill to national
elections throu ghout the country
Mr. Rce.-Decdedy, II II were possible and II Con-
zrcsi be induced 10 take action In Cue ma tier.